Let me begin by a comment on Ella's presentation. After my talk with Ella during the morning breakfast, I realized that her equivalency program was not only aimed at adults. In our exhibition area we thought this equivalency program was aimed at both adult illiterates and the out-of-school youth. So from her presentation, we realized that this equivalency program is aimed at 30 percent of the out-of-school children. They are also aiming at the achievement of the same curriculum and the achievement standards such as those in their counterparts in the formal school system. This kind of equivalency program has a fundamental implication for curriculum change in a formal school system. Basically, I think that the challenge here is two-fold. This is like designing and making different sizes of shoes for thousands of children. Who should be responsible for the design and production of these shoes with different sizes?
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